Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced that it has extended its Local School Council (LSC) election candidate-filing deadline from Feb. 26 to March 14. There are still candidate vacancies at every school in Hyde Park.

The LSC is an elected group, made up of six parents, two teachers, one non-teaching staff representative, two community representatives and the principal. The LSC members serve two-year terms.

The primary responsibilities of LSCs include approving how funds and resources are allocated, developing and monitoring the annual school improvement plan, and evaluating and monitoring the school’s principal.

Parents and community members have an extra two weeks to submit their nominating forms. Elections will take place on April 7 for elementary schools and April 8 for high schools during report card pick-up from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The number of LSC candidate openings is subject to change on a daily basis. As of press time, the following openings were available in Hyde Park schools:

Parents and community members who are interested in running for their LSC must submit nominating forms at their respective school by March 14, 2014 at 3 p.m.

The forms, along with additional information, can be found at cps.edu/lsc, in the main office of any CPS school, CPS Network Offices, and the Office of LSC Relations located at CPS headquarters. For more information call the Office of LSC Relations at 773-553-1400.

One Comment

laura macgregorMarch 15, 2014 @ 7:36 pm

Thanks for your coverage of the need for LSC candidates. When the election days draw near (report card pickup days) I’d really appreciate it if you could clarify who gets to vote, and what info they should bring to their polling places. Those of us w/kids in CPS know we get to vote, but so do community members. The CPS website gives no information at all about figuring out your community school, polling hours or id info. It’s almost like they don’t want community input!